1985 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1985 between Geelong and Essendon during round eight of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (8.11.59) were defeated by Essendon (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,102

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 8.11.59 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 4 5 . 7 8 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Essendon 4 . 3 7 . 6 8 . 9 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
D. Howlett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Madden ESSE 27 3
Mark Yeates GEEL 21 2
Roger Merrett ESSE 25 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 3 0 2 2
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 2 0 2 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 3 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 29 24 5 4 0 1 4
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 2 0 1 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 5 14 6 14 0 1
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 2
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 2 2 1 3
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
32 Lenaghan, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 1 0
6 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 0
36 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 1 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 7 2 2 4
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 1
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 27 11 16 4 0 3 0
44 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 9 0 1 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 2
38 Zychla, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 1
Rushed 7
Total (20 players) 8 11 319 220 99 64 22 28 24

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 0 0
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 1 16 9 7 8 1 1 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 1 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 0 18 11 7 3 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 0 0 4 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 3 0 2 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 4
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 0
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 2 6 3 3 0 0 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 3 16 7 9 11 15 1 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 5 4 1 4
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 1 1 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 1
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 2 38 29 9 7 0 2 2
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 2 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 28 24 4 2 1 3 2
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 5 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 15 325 222 103 70 22 24 28

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s